From Al.com: Op-ed: Alabama union president says out-of-touch lawmakers are the ‘real leeches’
EDITOR'S NOTE: President Riley was a featured speaker at last December's Kentucky State AFL-CIO convention in Lexington.
By Alabama AFL-CIO President Bren Riley
This is a guest opinion column
Governor Kay Ivey and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter’s recent comments in the media attacking unions are nothing but outright lies from politicians who are afraid of workers having even a little power to better their lives. They both called the United Auto Workers (UAW) a “dangerous leech” this week, just days after Gov. Ivey released a statement—alongside a couple other bought-and-paid-for lawmakers who are in the pocket of big corporations—claiming unions are special interest groups here to “threaten our jobs and the values we live by.”